GPS Drone
Team Members Heading link
- Nica Austria
- Jaynik Patel
- Eric Rivera
- Victor Rodriguez
- Mussadiq Talpur
Project Description Heading link
For this senior design project, a drone is to be manufactured in accordance with the sponsor’s design criteria. The sponsor for this project is UIC, and the provided budget is $250. The drone must be autonomous or remotely controlled, have a base no larger than 12 square inches, fly a distance of at least 20 feet, with GPS/geofencing capabilities and perform two of the following three flight maneuvers pitch, yaw, and roll. The objective is to make the best possible shape so that the drone can, in addition to flying, mark boundaries of restricted areas – through its geofencing capabilities. The team began the design process by performing general background research on how drones function as well as previous work that has already been established and can serve as a solution for this project. Furthermore, codes and standards were also researched to ensure that the drone complies with regulations. The codes and standards are taken from American Society for Testing and Materials or ASTM F2910 and the Federal Aviation Administration. The team then converted the sponsor’s design criteria into metrics which were used to design the drone. After this initial stage was complete, the team compared and analyzed different drone components based on the cost and performance. Based on all the information collected, the team created several drone frame designs in SolidWorks and tested the structural integrity of the designs in ANSYS. The frame will be manufactured in Makerspace and flight tests will be performed to ensure the design criteria are met.